Londinium was established as a civilian town by the Romans about four years after the invasion of...
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From 1670 to 1685, the number of London coffeehouses increased and gained political importance due to their...
The resulting texture of the metropolis has a diversity of buildings unlike any other. In 1942, at...
Many acts we would describe as crimes today were largely unprosecuted before the mid-nineteenth century. Introduction As...
It was the last widespread outbreak of bubonic plague in England during the 400-year Second Pandemic. Introduction...
Despite the plague’s high contagiousness and terrifying symptoms, life in Elizabethan England went on. By Lindsey Rachel...
Examining the writings of The Mikado producers and opera reviewers in 1885, showing that the British were...
William Daniell’s prints of the new docks represented London’s modernization in particularly exultant terms. Introduction From 1800,...
Looking at medical advice given to suffers during London’s ‘Great Plague’ c.1665-1666 How do you avoid catching...
This kind of theater allowed for more lighting and special effects that could enhance the performances. By...
Londinium, as the city was called in ancient times, was founded by the Romans after they conquered...
W.T. Stead’s 1885 account of the process by which wealthy Londoners procured teenagers for sex became a...
James Graham, founder of the Temple of Health, benefitted from his undeniable flair for showmanship and his...
Geoarchaeology in action: the story of the River Tyburn from 11,500 years ago to the present. Originally...
What bones tell us about the lives and deaths of the dead. In 2011, AOC Archaeology completed...
London was already a major beer producer in the sixteenth century. London was already a major beer...
First digital map of the murders recorded by the city’s Coroner in early 1300s shows Cheapside and...
John Medewall, bearing a very English-sounding name, describes himself as a foreigner, and as such at a...